--Previous Message-- : I just wonder who those "some : people" are - I really hope that you or : Guy don't believe that I fall into that : category.

Certainly not! I'm sorry if I seemed to do so.

: : I find the history of the Zogu dynasty - and : many of the persons belonging to it - : fascinating. And I will continue to do so. : As an historian I relate to the fact that - : for better or worse - Albania was once a : monarchy, and I think the country would : certainly have been better under Zog after : WW2 than the regime that took over.

I also find Zog and his short-lived monarchy fascinating. It is also hard to disagree with your conclusion that his regime was better than what came after.

: : I : would contend that Zog, for all his faults, : was not a tyrant of the type of either Assad : pere or fils, Qadaffi or Bokassa! : : Well said! : : DTH :